Fueled by impressive early season showings, the defending champion UCLA Bruins and 2024 national semifinalist Georgia hold the top two positions in the first WCLA Top 20 ranking of the regular season. Both teams sport 7-0 records following perfect performances in tournaments they hosted.

No. 7 Virginia Tech Club and No. 8 BC Club are among the Top 10 teams playing in Georgia's Big Dawgs Classic this week.

Sun Devils Turning Up the Heat

With three straight trips to the USA Lacrosse WCLA National Championships over the past three years, No. 11 Arizona State has enjoyed its most successful stretch in club history. ASU also seems poised for another strong spring after a 3-1 start at last weekend’s Santa Barbara Shootout, including wins over No. 17 Colorado and WWLL rival Cal Poly. Their only blemish was a competitive 12-9 loss to top ranked UCLA.

While it's not a perfect comparison, the WCLA (Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates) and NASCAR do share one thing in common… both organizations launch each new season with their largest event of the year.

For NASCAR, that’s the annual Daytona 500, which brings more eyeballs to the racing circuit than any other event. Similarly, the WCLA launches each February with the Santa Barbara Shootout, which will have more participating teams than any event of the women’s club season.

The USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) national championship event is returning for the second straight year to the 'Heart of the Country' in Wichita, Kansas, with all games to once again be played at the Stryker Sports Complex. Dates for the 2025 championship tournament are May 7-10.

This spring, 28 college teams travelled the yellow brick road and now they’re in Kansas for the 2024 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championship, which begins Tuesday at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita.

The 2024 USA Lacrosse WCLA Championship Tournament kicks off on Tuesday, May 7 with all 16 Division I teams playing in opening round games at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas. The Division II competition begins on Wednesday, May 8 with 12 teams in action.

The four-day event features a full schedule of games each day, culminating with the Division I and Division II championship games on Friday, May 10.

Undefeated CSU San Marcos, champion of the Western Women’s Lacrosse League, has received the number one seed in the Division II bracket of the 2024 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championship, to be played May 7-10 at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.

The Cougars (12-0) are making their fourth overall appearance in the championship tournament, and are one of two remaining undefeated teams in the nation.

University of Florida Club has received the number one seed in the Division I bracket of the 2024 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championship, be played May 7-10 at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.

In 2022, Katie Silbermann helped lead her Virginia Club team to the national semifinals of the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) national tournament. That experience, in part, helped shape her future path in lacrosse. 

The USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) national championship event is returning to the nation’s central region in 2024 with its first-ever appearance in Kansas.

USA Lacrosse has announced that the 2024 WCLA Division I and II National Championships will be played at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.  Dates for the 2024 championship tournament are May 7-10.